4G

Top routing and switching vendors include Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco, Huawei Growing consumer demand for fixed and mobile broadband services is driving significant growth in the carrier routing and switching market, …

T-Mobile US move could bolster carrier’s rural coverage, expand LTE opportunities for rural operators T-Mobile US expanded its presence at the Competitive Carriers Association with the nation’s No. 3 operator …

Move to unify Iusacell, Nextel Mexico under AT&T banner AT&T said this week that it has begun to rebrand its recently acquired Mexican operations, including the launch of new rate …

Smart city development is on the rise. In fact, the smart city market is set to experience a compound annual growth rate of 22.5% between 2014 and 2019, growing from …

If you were to talk to an average mobile phone user, “4G” LTE access and over-the-top applications would be at the top of the list in terms of what is required from the …

NFV integration project conducted at Huawei Open Labs facility Infrastructure giant Huawei said it recently completed the first phase of an integration project with Red Hat that ties in multiple vendors’ mobile …

Last August, Sprint was in turmoil. The T-Mobile US merger continued to elicit a “no means no” response by the Federal Communications Commission. “Framily” results, while initially strong, were being …

4G device market more than doubles A report by GfK found a mass transition to “4G” devices is upon us. Led by China, the wireless technology more than doubled its …

The new technology set to be available in Sydney by early 2016 Australian telecom operator Optus launched LTE services using “advanced” carrier aggregation technology using FDD and TDD technology. The …

Installed 4G dongle on wooden mast then connected it to his house with fiber cable British farmer Richard Guy, who lives in rural Salisbury Plain, got sick of slow Internet …

After several delays, the deployment of LTE in Chile is about to begin. Claro, Entel and Movistar, which won access to spectrum, were confirmed by the country’s Comptroller General. Private …

Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 279 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan …

5G deployments set to require broad swath of spectrum support The race toward “5G” is propelling headlines and technology advances, but the need for sufficient spectrum to support the next …

Sprint targets rivals with rollout of Open World international roaming package Sprint officially announced a new international roaming service that takes aim at recent updates offered by rivals T-Mobile US, …

Sprint may be the market’s No. 4 carrier, but looks to regain competitive position with help of Softbank Sprint may no longer be the domestic market’s No. 3 carrier, and …

The FCC set to promote 5 blocks of high-band spectrum at upcoming WRC event The Federal Communications Commission is looking at both low-band and high-band spectrum resources in its attempt …

T-Mobile US’ ‘to-do’ list Last week, the new No. 3 carrier, T-Mobile US, held its quarterly earnings session – it’s hard to classify it as an earnings call since there are …

FreedomPop to tap new funding, Axiata’s network to launch services across Southeast Asia Mobile virtual network operator FreedomPop continues to rake in the funds, announcing an additional $10 million, and …

Aggressively priced multiline account targets potential switchers, Sprint’s stock rebounds Sprint looks set to redirect some of the pressure currently emanating from its stock price and operational performance toward its …

Verizon, HBO sign content distribution agreement that will include mobile video platform Verizon Communications’ video plans are set to receive a premium-channel boost as the telecom giant announced a “broad …

Sprint prepaid brands offer high-speed data buckets for customers in need of more speed Sprint unveiled extra-cost data buckets for its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA prepaid brands that …

Ntelos reported strong western market growth, with financials in line with estimates A recent shift in market focus looks to be paying off for regional telecom operator Ntelos, which reported …

IHS notes in a new report that poor LTE experiences tainting 4G, 5G pool A new report from IHS found that half of global service providers surveyed have begun to …

Highest growth rates recorded in India and Malaysia Norway-based telecom group Telenor reported that its Asian operations accounted for 52.4% of the company’s overall revenue in the second quarter of …

Verizon Wireless deemed best performing data network, Sprint a distant No. 4 Verizon Wireless continues to be the darling of network performance tests conducted by RootMetrics, with the latest accolades …